How will Syria be carved up?

Donald Trump further confuses situation in Middle East by announcing some US troops may stay in Syria to protect oil

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar al-Assad
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his Syrian counterpart and now-former ally Bashar al-Assad 
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Officials in Washington have hinted at how the world’s major superpowers are planning to carve up Syrian territory in the wake of Turkey’s widely condemned assault on Kurdish positions in the country.

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